constablery

Constablery

Con"sta*bler*y\ (? or ? ), n. [OF. conestablerie. Cf. Constabulary.]

1. The constabulary. [Obs.]

2. The district or jurisdiction of a constable. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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